Car-door guard strip



March 9,1926. 1,575,744

C. E. EKLIND CAR DOOR GUARD STRIP Filed Sept. 13 I 1924 &

Patented Mar. 9, 192 6. Y

UNITED STATES PATH-NT, OFFICE, I

our. 2. nxLIn-n, or BERW'YN, ILLINOIS, Assmnon 0 cm orcn'rcnoo,

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can-noon otmnn srml Application filed September 18, 1924. am No: 73min.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E. EKLINn, a citizen of the United States, residin at Berwyn, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, have invented certain new and ,useful Improvements in Oar-Door Guard tion to be engaged by a co-acting strip or bar carried upon the rear end of the ,car

door, in order to effect a weather-tight closure of the door-way. Guard strips of this kind have heretofore been 'shaped to provide an eddy pocket, a striking salient and a resilient sealing lip, but these elements were not related in a manner to de velop the best results as to efiiciency and durability in service, mdreover their relative positions in the organization of the strip were such as'to develop .a form that was relatively expensiveto produce.

The object-of the present invention is to provide a weatherproofing guard strip for car doors or the like which will be more eflicient in service and more durable in use than guard strips asheretofore constructed and which may be given its characteristic shape in the rolling mill so that the strip may be rovided by merely cutting olf a suitable ength of stock material. Accordingly, the invention consists in forming a guard strip of th'e kind stated, with an attaching base extending outward from the car'body (regarded in its relation to the door post) and providing'one wall of the eddy pocket, an an offset web extending rearwardly fromsaid attaching base a distance suflicient to form the second wall of -the eddy, pocket, a deflected portion'extending from the rear line of the web dportiomin a direction that is inward an approxi v mately parallel with the attaching base, ,forming a third side of the eddy pocket and terminating in a striking salient, and a resilient. sealing lip from the salient but -inclined outwardlyto receive-the co-acting weather bar carried by the door; the efiect of'this relationship of the parts being to'present a resilient end toward the door member, to arrest the forward-portion of the door strip againstthe relatively rigid salient, and to produce a extending rearwardly more efiicient eddy pocket, while, as already stated, alfording a shape of'bar that can be produced by rolling. In-the accompanying drawing, Figure ,1 is a view of a fragment of a freight car doorway and door in horizontal section showing, in transverse section, a strip constituting one embodiment of the present invention,

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are perspective views of fragments of guard strips embodying the s invention, slightly different in form, that of Figure 4 corresponding substantially. to the form shown in Figure 1.

1 represents a portion of the side construction of a freight car body,,2rthe post which defines the rear side of the doorway thereof,

3 thefZ-bar commonly used ,as a reinforcing element for the ,door post, as well as a facing, for the same, 4 a portion of the door, and 5 the weather strip or barfof known construction, commonly used on the rear margin ofthe door. In order to make a weather-tight connection at the rear end of the door, it is customary .to mount upon the door post 2, through the medium of the" Z-bar 3, or other available structural members, a guardstrip 6 that will Too-act with the weather bar 5 so long as the door is in w closed position. As in known constructions employing an attaching base 7 u on the rear outer face of the door post 2 or -bar 3, and therefore extending outwardly from the car bod and fo one wall ofan eddy poc et, the present invention employs a rearwardl extending ortio'n 8 forming a secon wall of the e dy pocket, but instead of continuing this portion to the extreme rear-"end to form a striking salient, as in known constructions, the present invention reduces the portion 8 to a mere offsetting web for a deflected portion 9 extending inwardly from the rear line of the ofisetting web and substantially parallel with attaching base 7', so that it forms the third side. of 7 the eddy-pocket, and this deflected portion 9 terminates in a relatively rigid salient 10 i N s vention, in a resilient sealing lip 11 extend- 'ing' rearwardly fromthe salient 10 rather than forwardlfi as in prior practice, but inclined outwar y so that the flange 12 ofthe weather strip 5 will ride upon it. In other words, the weather strip carried by the outer face encounters a resilient portion of the stationary guard strip which ultimately becomes its sealing lip, and brings up against the relatively more rigid striking salient at the end of its movement, and the eddy pocket 13 has its third side directed substantially transversely to the joint between the two members.

While the sealing lip 11 preferably terminates in a bead 14 as shown in Figures 1 and 4, such bead may be omitted and the sealing lip given the form 11*, Figure 3, or 11", Figure 2; and While the deflected portion constituting the third wall of the eddy pocket is preferably given the direction shown at 9 in Figures 1 and 4, and also at 9* in Figure 3, it may be disposed at a greater angle, as shown at 9*. in Figure 2; moreover the resilient lip 11 may be relatively flatter than is shown in Figures 1, 3 and 4, for instance as shown at 11 in Figure 2.

An important feature in the preferred embodiment of the present invention con sists in having the sealing lip terminate sub stantially in the plane of the outer face of the offsetting web so that it will constitute a support for the lip in the rolling of the section which constitutes the strip; this feature of the invention bein better realized when the sealing lip terminates in a bead that is thus located, and especially if the bead be deflected outwardly from the sealing lip, as by giving the outer portion of the sealing lip a roll or curvature; because in this way the bead by occupying the opposed grooves in the rolls, that form it, will be held against deflection under the which is imposed upon it in the orming operation. This particular form of lip, and especiallywhen beaded as described, also functions better in serving the purposes for which it is intended.

I claim:

1. A guard strip for freight car doors,

- comprising in one rolled metal structure, an

attaching base, an offsetting web extending rearwardlyfrom said attaching base and providing a wall of an eddy pocket, a deflected portion extending inwardly from the rear line of said web, terminating in a striking salient and providing another wall of the eddy pocket, and a sealing lip extending rearwardly but inclined outwardly from said salient, in position to receive a co-acting member on a door.

2. A guard strip for freight car doors comprising in one rolled metal structure, an outwardly extending attaching base, constituting one wall of an eddy pocket, an offsetting web extending rearwardly from the outer line of said attaching base, and providing a second wall of the eddy pocket, a deflected portion extending inwardly from pressure the rear line of said web, terminating in a striking salient and constituting a third wall of said eddy pocket, and a sealing lip ex tending rearwardly but inclined outwardly from said salient, in position to receive a coacting weathering member on a door.

3. A guard strip for freight car doors comprising, in one rolled metal structure, a plate-like attaching base adapted to lie in a plane transverse to the plane of door movement and constituting one wall of an eddy pocket, an offsetting flange extending in the direction of door movement, rearwardly from said attaching base constituting-the second wall of an eddy pocket, an offsetting portion extending approximately parallel the attaching base, from the rear line of said oll'setting flange, constituting the third wall of the eddy pocket and terminating in a striking salient, and a member extending rearwardly from said salient but incl ned outwardly toward the door, terminating in a free rear edge and constituting a resilient sealing lip adapted to cooperate with a weatherproofing member carried by the door.

4:. A guard strip for freight car doors comprising in one rolled metal structure, an at-tachin base, an offsetting web extend ng rearwar ly from said attaching base, having its outer face in a plane substantiall perpendicular to the attaching base, an pro viding a wall of an eddy pocket on the mside, a deflected portion extending inwardly from the rear line of said Web, terminating in a striking salient and providing another wall of the eddy pocket and a sealing hp extending rearwardly but inclined outwardly from said salient, in position to receive a co-acting member on a door; said sealing lip terminating with its rear outer edge in the plane of the outer face of the offsetting web and providing a support for the sealing lip under the forming rolls.

5. A guard strip for freight car doors comprising in one rolled metal structure, an attaching base adapted to be applied to a surface perpendicular to the side of a car and constitutin by its exposed surface, one wall of an ed y pocket, an oflsetting web extending from the outer limit of said attaching base and formed with an outer face in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the attaching base and with its inner surface forming a second Wall of the eddy pocket, a deflected portion extending from the offsetting web, in a direction substantially parallel to the attaching base, forming'a third wall of the eddy pocket and terminating in a striking salient, and a sealing lip extendingofrom said salient in an inclined direction outwardly and away from the attaching base, and having at its free edge a bead which terminates substantially in the plane of the outer face of the offsetting web.

' wardly 6. A guard strip for freight car doors comprising in one rolled metal structure, a plate-like attaching base adapted to be attached to a surface transverse to the side of a car, an ofl'setting web extending from the outer limit of said attachin base, formed with an outer face substantia 1y perpendicular to the attaching base and forming by its inner face, a wall of an eddy pocket, a deflected portion extending from said attaching portion, an inwardly pre-.

sented portion contiguous to said rearwardly presented portion, said three portions forming three walls of an eddy pocket, said inwardly presented portion terminating in a striking salient, and a resilient sealing lip contiguous to said inwardly extendin portion, said sealin lip being deflecte outthe limit of said web remote from the .atwardly, said sli ing door being provided taching base, inwardly in a plane approxiwith a weather bar having'a forwardly pre mately parallel with the attaching base, forming another wall of the eddypocket, and terminating in a strikin salient, and a sealin lip inclined in a irection outom the salient and away from the attaching base, and formed-at its free edge with an outwardly deflected head that terminates in the plane of the outer face of the ofi'settin web.

7. A freig t car including a door frame and a sliding door, said door frame having rigidly mounted thereon a vertically disposed guard strip, said guard strip comprising a rolled metal structure havinga sented salient adapted to have sealing engagement with said sealing lip, said weather bar and guard strip being so positioned relative to one another that 1n moving to closed position said salient of said weather bar encounters a relatively resilient portion of said guard strip, which ultimately becomes its sealing 1i and brings up against the relatively rigld striking salient at the end ofits movement.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this th day of August, 1924.

. CARL E: EKLIND. 

